Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 654 618 512
Rank change year-on-year -36 -106 +128
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 116 115 398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.20% 0.54%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.18% 1.03% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 99 70 100
10th Percentile £30,550 £35,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £44,567
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £68,125 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 - £77,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £62,604
% change year-on-year -12.00% -0.17% +39.12%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,794 11,205 12,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.85% 19.82% 17.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,371 4,477 7,037
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £63,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £79,450 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +36 40 £60,000 -7.69% 13
North West -1 30 £46,750 +0.54% 7
South East -9 30 £45,922 -38.77% 11
South West -47 19 £50,000 -23.08% 7
Midlands -7 15 £41,625 +15.63% 7
West Midlands -6 14 £40,750 +16.43% 5
East of England -1 8 £48,750 -27.78% 3
Yorkshire +52 7 £61,250 -9.26% 4
Scotland -67 4 £45,000 +17.70%
North East -10 3 £80,000 +5.61% 2
East Midlands - 1 £42,500 - 2
Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.86%) Apache
3 1 (0.86%) IIS
3 1 (0.86%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (25.00%) Azure
2 28 (24.14%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (12.93%) Entra ID
4 13 (11.21%) SaaS
5 7 (6.03%) AWS
6 6 (5.17%) IaaS
7 4 (3.45%) PaaS
8 2 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.86%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.86%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.86%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.86%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (21.55%) Firewall
2 9 (7.76%) Cisco IPT
3 7 (6.03%) LAN
4 6 (5.17%) MPLS
4 6 (5.17%) Network Security
4 6 (5.17%) SD-WAN
4 6 (5.17%) Wireless
5 5 (4.31%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (4.31%) VPN
6 4 (3.45%) VLAN
7 3 (2.59%) DKIM
7 3 (2.59%) DMARC
8 2 (1.72%) NAS
8 2 (1.72%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.86%) DHCP
9 1 (0.86%) DNS
9 1 (0.86%) SAN
9 1 (0.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (3.45%) SQL Server
General
1 27 (23.28%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (12.07%) Finance
4 6 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (5.17%) Law
4 6 (5.17%) Local Government
4 6 (5.17%) Manufacturing
4 6 (5.17%) Military
5 5 (4.31%) Automotive
5 5 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.45%) Legal
6 4 (3.45%) Retail
7 3 (2.59%) Publishing
8 2 (1.72%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.72%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (17.24%) Analyst
2 19 (16.38%) Security Analyst
3 15 (12.93%) Security Manager
4 12 (10.34%) Lead
4 12 (10.34%) Security Officer
5 10 (8.62%) IT Technician
6 9 (7.76%) Information Analyst
6 9 (7.76%) Information Security Analyst
7 8 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (6.90%) IT Manager
8 7 (6.03%) IT Support
8 7 (6.03%) IT Support Technician
8 7 (6.03%) Support Technician
9 6 (5.17%) 1st Line Support
9 6 (5.17%) Administrator
9 6 (5.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 6 (5.17%) First Line Help Desk Support
9 6 (5.17%) Help Desk Support
9 6 (5.17%) Information Manager
9 6 (5.17%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.76%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.86%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.07%) Management Information System
2 12 (10.34%) Data Centre
3 11 (9.48%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (6.03%) Security Posture
5 6 (5.17%) CCTV
6 5 (4.31%) IoT
7 4 (3.45%) NHS
8 2 (1.72%) Anti-Spyware
8 2 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.72%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.72%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.86%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.86%) Life Science
9 1 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.86%) Replication
9 1 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.79%) Windows
2 8 (6.90%) Windows 10
3 6 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.31%) Android
4 5 (4.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (51.72%) Information Security
2 59 (50.86%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (17.24%) Security Management
4 19 (16.38%) ISMS
5 18 (15.52%) SIEM
6 17 (14.66%) ITIL
6 17 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (13.79%) Information Security Management
7 16 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 14 (12.07%) Data Protection
8 14 (12.07%) Penetration Testing
8 14 (12.07%) Risk Management
9 11 (9.48%) Incident Response
9 11 (9.48%) Mentoring
10 10 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (8.62%) Data Security
10 10 (8.62%) Internal Audit
10 10 (8.62%) Vulnerability Management
10 10 (8.62%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 9 (7.76%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.17%) SQL
2 1 (0.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (25.00%) CISSP
2 28 (24.14%) CISM
3 22 (18.97%) CISA
4 18 (15.52%) Security Cleared
5 16 (13.79%) SC Cleared
6 11 (9.48%) Degree
7 10 (8.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 9 (7.76%) CRISC
9 7 (6.03%) DBS Check
10 6 (5.17%) DV Cleared
11 4 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (3.45%) ISSMP
12 2 (1.72%) AAT
13 1 (0.86%) CESG Certified Professional
13 1 (0.86%) CIMA
13 1 (0.86%) CIPD
13 1 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.86%) MCSE
13 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 88 (75.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (21.55%) NIST
4 20 (17.24%) GDPR
4 20 (17.24%) NCSC
5 12 (10.34%) PCI DSS
6 9 (7.76%) GRC
7 7 (6.03%) ISO 9001
7 7 (6.03%) SOC 2
8 4 (3.45%) TickIT
9 2 (1.72%) Def Stans
9 2 (1.72%) SLA
10 1 (0.86%) FISMA
10 1 (0.86%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.86%) HITRUST
10 1 (0.86%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (6.03%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.17%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.72%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.72%) Ansible
2 2 (1.72%) Nessus
2 2 (1.72%) Terraform
3 1 (0.86%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.86%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (0.86%) SCCM
3 1 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.76%) Cisco
3 5 (4.31%) Meraki
4 4 (3.45%) Barracuda Networks
4 4 (3.45%) Citrix
4 4 (3.45%) Dell
4 4 (3.45%) ESET
4 4 (3.45%) Fortinet
4 4 (3.45%) VMware
5 2 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.72%) Facebook
6 1 (0.86%) CA
6 1 (0.86%) Mitel
6 1 (0.86%) MobileIron
6 1 (0.86%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.86%) Symantec
6 1 (0.86%) Veeam